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- Who really wrote "In My Life?" An age-old Beatles question about authorship may have been solved.
- Trump seemingly confirmed during one of his Twitter rants that his White House had aides sign nondisclosure agreements.
- A broken escalator is no problem for real New Yorkers.
- Aretha Franklin is reportedly in hospice care at her home.
- Two lunch ladies at a New Canaan, CT school are accused of stealing $500,000 between 2012 and 2017.
- After Omarosa shared another secret Trump recording, Trump silently took it and moved on to real political probl—nah, he was racist and dehumanizing: "When you give a crazed, crying lowlife a break, and give her a job at the White House, I guess it just didn’t work out. Good work by General Kelly for quickly firing that dog!"
- Could sexy sex robots who sex you make marriages stronger?
- Trump talked for 28 minutes about a bill named after John McCain—and he never mentioned McCain once.
- Is there any justification for a gym near Union Square to charge $900/month?
- So a bear walks into a liquor store...
- And finally, don't you wish you could go back to bed:
look at this little cuddle puddle
: 📹: little.foster. family pic.twitter.com/fPAPhTHjcO— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) August 14, 2018